Two measurement methods of leaf dry matter content produce similar results in a broad range of species

Annals of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 955-958

  Vaieretti, María Victoria ^a   Díaz, Sandra ^a   Vile, Denis ^b,c   Garnier, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argentina; Leaf dry matter content; Leaf rehydration; Plant comparative ecology; Plant functional traits

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DRY MATTER; LEAF; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY; REHYDRATION;

ARTICLE; BOTANY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF;

BOTANY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548429267     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm022     Document Type: Article

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